NOTE: Updated August 2021.  Names and taxonomic sequence follow the American Ornithological Society and the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds as of August 2021.

DUCKS, GEESE, & SWANS

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

*Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)

Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)

*Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Brant (Branta bernicla)

*Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

*Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

*Garganey (Spatula querquedula)

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

*Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)

American Wigeon (Mareca americana)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)

Redhead (Aythya americana)

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)

*Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

 

NEW WORLD QUAIL

Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

 

PHEASANTS & TURKEYS

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

 

GREBES

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

*Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

*Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

 

PIGEONS & DOVES

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

*Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) †

*Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)

*White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

 

CUCKOOS

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

 

GOATSUCKERS

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)

Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus)

 

SWIFTS

Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

 

HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

*Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

*Calliope Humingbird (Selasphorus calliope)

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

*Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

*Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

 

RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS

Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)

King Rail (Rallus elegans)

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Sora (Porzana carolina)

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

American Coot (Fulica americana)

*Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)

*Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)

 

CRANES

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

 

STILTS & AVOCETS

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

 

OYSTERCATCHERS

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

 

LAPWINGS & PLOVERS

*Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

*European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)

*Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

*Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)

 

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, AND ALLIES

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda</em)>

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

*Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

*Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

*Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

*Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

*Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

 

SKUAS AND JAEGERS

*Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)

*South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

*Long-tailed Jaeger (Sterorarius longicaudus)

 

AUKS, MURRES, & PUFFINS

Dovekie (Alle alle)

*Common Murre (Uria aalge) †

*Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)

Razorbill (Alca torda)

*Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)

*Ancient Murrelet (Synthliborampus antiquus)

*Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) †

 

GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

*Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini)

Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicephalus philadelphia)

Black-headed Gull (Chroicephalus ridibundus)

Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)

*Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

*Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

*Common Gull/Short-billed Gull (Larus canus/L. brachyrhynchus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

*California Gull (Larus californicus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

*Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

*Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)

*White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

*Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)

*Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

 

TROPICBIRDS

*White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

 

LOONS

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)

*Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

 

STORM-PETRELS

Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)

*White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)

Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates castro)

 

SHEARWATERS and PETRELS

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

*Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata)

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)

Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis)

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)

Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

 

STORKS

*Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

 

FRIGATEBIRDS

*Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

 

GANNETS & BOOBIES

*Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)

 

DARTERS

*Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

 

CORMORANTS

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)

*Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)

 

PELICANS

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

 

BITTERNS, HERONS & ALLIES

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

*Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

*Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

 

IBISES AND SPOONBILLS

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)

*Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

 

NEW WORLD VULTURES

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

 

OSPREYS

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

 

HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES, AND ALLIES

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

*Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)

*Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

*Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

 

BARN OWLS

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

 

TYPICAL OWLS

Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

*Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Barred Owl (Strix varia)

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

 

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

 

WOODPECKERS and ALLIES

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

 

CARACARAS and FALCONS

*Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

*Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

 

PARAKEETS, MACAWS and PARROTS

*Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

 

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

*Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

*Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

*Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

*Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)

*Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

*Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)

*Hammond’s Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)

*Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)

*Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)

*Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

*Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

*Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)

 

VIREOS

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)

*Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)

Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)

Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)

Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

 

SHRIKES

*Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

*Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)

 

CROWS AND JAYS

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)

*Common Raven (Corvus corax) †

 

CHICKADEES AND TITMICE

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

*Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

 

LARKS

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

 

SWALLOWS

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)

 

KINGLETS

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

 

WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

 

NUTHATCHES

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

 

CREEPERS

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

 

GNATCATCHERS

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

 

WRENS

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus stellaris)

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

*Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)

 

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

*Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus)

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

 

STARLINGS

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

 

THRUSHES

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Veery (Catharus fuscescens)

Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)

*Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)

*Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

*Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

 

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS

*Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

 

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

 

WAGTAILS and PIPITS

American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

 

FRINGILLINE and CARDUELINE FINCHES and ALLIES

*Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)

*Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)

Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)

*Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

 

LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS

Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

 

TOWHEES and SPARROWS

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

*Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

*Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)

*LeConte's Sparrow (Ammospiza leconteii)

Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima)

Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)

Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta)

*Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)

*Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

 

YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS

Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

 

BLACKBIRDS

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

*Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)

 

WOOD-WARBLERS

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)

Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)

*Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii)

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)

Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)

Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)

Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)

Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)

Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)

Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)

*Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)

Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)

Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)

 

CARDINALS, PIRANGA TANAGERS and ALLIES

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)

*Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

*Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)

Indigo Bunting   (Passerina cyanea)

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)